---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the management and operation by The University of Texas System of a multi-institution center in the city of Laredo."
description: "Relating to the management and operation by The University of Texas System of a multi-institution center in the city of Laredo."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 884"
citation: "Texas SB 884 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Health Institutions (I0237)", "LAREDO", "CITY OF (G9143)", "UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (U0045)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Raymond", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/929a7aa0-2ac8-498f-b9ec-7e4dcedf9c32"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 884.xml"
source_hash: "2fd9e2a6e71eed4fc676d67c15330933b1f612076b75252f991012e5584fdc5a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas SB 884 (87) — Relating to the management and operation by The University of Texas System of a multi-institution center in the city of Laredo.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00884I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00884E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00884H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00884S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00884F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **121–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Raymond — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-03-01** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-24** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-03-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-03-30** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-03-31** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-03-31** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-03-31** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-03-31** Record vote
- **2021-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Record vote
- **2021-03-31** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-01** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-07** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-03** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-04** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-14** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-17** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-17** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-18** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-18** Record vote
- **2021-05-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** House passage reported
- **2021-05-18** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-19** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-28** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-28** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/929a7aa0-2ac8-498f-b9ec-7e4dcedf9c32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).